Nevada Watch
Featured news in this section focuses on Nevada, the Silver State Health Insurance Exchange (Nevada Health Link), the Nevada Division of Insurance (in the Department of Business and Industry), and actions by the state legislature affecting insurance brokers and clients.
The Nevada Health Authority announced Friday a temporary pause on new state licenses for hospice and home-health providers and a moratorium on new enrollments for Nevada Medicaid until state officials validate and confirm the legitimacy of current providers. Upon federal approval, this moratorium will be in effect for at least six months. Fraud in hospice and home-health services has garnered recent national ...
Nevada hospitals and health clinics say drug manufacturers are restricting the number of pharmacies in the state that can participate in a federal discount drug program. The limitations put in place by drug companies make it harder for patients to refill prescriptions at reduced rates, and they affect a revenue stream hospitals rely on to ...
Clark County was set to get another Level I trauma-designated hospital in January of last year. However, during a board meeting, the Southern Nevada Health District struck down the proposal from the privately funded Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center. In a state that falls near the bottom of national rankings for healthcare services, the Southern ...
If you have been reading my column the past few years, you are probably well aware of the mental health provider shortage in Nevada. Provider shortages in any field are problematic for a myriad of reasons, the main one being access. Without access, it is extremely difficult to receive timely care. A program called BeHERENV ...
Nevada now ranks last in the nation for mental health care access and outcomes for the second year in a row, according to a new report from Mental Health America. In Las Vegas, doctors said they’re seeing the crisis play out every single day in emergency rooms across the valley. “Overall, with a growing city, ...
Nevada hospitals and health clinics say drug manufacturers are restricting the number of pharmacies in the state that can participate in a federal discount drug program. The limitations put in place by drug companies make it harder for patients to refill prescriptions at reduced rates, and they affect a revenue stream hospitals rely on to ...
Nevada’s first stand-alone children’s hospital received key approvals Wednesday from the Clark County Zoning Commission. Representatives from the UNLV Research Foundation and Intermountain Health were present at the Clark County Zoning Commission meeting, seeking a variety of approvals for the Nevada Children’s Hospital, which is slated to start construction this year and hire thousands of workers. Renderings ...
Gov. Joe Lombardo on Thursday applauded the creation of a new federal task force to combat Medicaid provider fraud and talked about steps being taken at the state level. Lombardo outlined the state’s efforts to fight fraud, waste, and abuse, including the creation of the Nevada’s first Medicaid Inspector General within the Nevada Health Authority. ...
Nevada hospitals received a mix of A, B and C grades in the latest Hospital Safety Grade report from The Leapfrog Group, with Reno-area facilities generally scoring well while Southern Nevada hospitals posted a broader range of results. The biannual report evaluates hospitals on preventable harm, including medical errors, injuries and infections, using national safety data and up ...
Nevada now has multiple medical schools training future physicians — but that alone doesn’t solve the workforce problem. So why do we still have a physician shortage? It’s a fair question, and it reflects a common misunderstanding about how doctors are actually trained. Medical school is not the pipeline. Residency is. After graduating from medical ...